diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 63d0e4c73f..ed265911d6 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 4         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 13        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 14        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
diff --git a/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/src/lib.rs b/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/src/lib.rs
index 3e3412298e..8d98a350f8 100644
--- a/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![feature(once_cell)]
 
 pub mod checker {
-    use crate::utils::{c_char_to_vec, vec_to_c_char};
+    use crate::utils::{c_char_to_str, c_char_to_vec, vec_to_c_char};
     use libc::c_char;
     use prover::zkevm::{CircuitCapacityChecker, RowUsage};
     use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ pub mod checker {
     #[no_mangle]
     pub unsafe extern "C" fn apply_tx(id: u64, tx_traces: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
         let result = panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+            log::debug!("ccc apply_tx raw input, id: {:?}, tx_traces: {:?}", id, c_char_to_str(tx_traces));
             let tx_traces_vec = c_char_to_vec(tx_traces);
-
-            let traces_str = String::from_utf8(tx_traces_vec).expect("cannot decode trace as UTF-8 in apply_tx");
-            log::debug!("ccc apply_tx raw input, id: {:?}, tx_traces: {:?}", id, traces_str);
-
             let traces = serde_json::from_slice::<BlockTrace>(&tx_traces_vec)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("id: {id:?}, fail to deserialize tx_traces"));
             if traces.transactions.len() != 1 {
@@ -117,11 +114,8 @@ pub mod checker {
     #[no_mangle]
     pub unsafe extern "C" fn apply_block(id: u64, block_trace: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
         let result = panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+            log::debug!("ccc apply_block raw input, id: {:?}, block_trace: {:?}", id, c_char_to_str(block_trace));
             let block_trace = c_char_to_vec(block_trace);
-
-            let traces_str = String::from_utf8(block_trace).expect("cannot decode trace as UTF-8 in apply_block");
-            log::debug!("ccc apply_block raw input, id: {:?}, block_trace: {:?}", id, traces_str);
-
             let traces = serde_json::from_slice::<BlockTrace>(&block_trace)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("id: {id:?}, fail to deserialize block_trace"));
             CHECKERS